The veteran's service-connected ethmoid and maxillary sinusitis with history of nasal polyps and polypectomy, turbinectomy and antrostomy is not productive of three or more incapacitating episodes per year. The residuals of tonsillectomy do not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation under Diagnostic Code 6516. There are no other service-connected disabilities that warrant special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance or housebound status, nor does he have a single service-connected disability rated at 100 percent along with other unrelated disabilities to combine to at least 60 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not show the veteran suffering from three or more incapacitating episodes per year of sinusitis requiring prolonged antibiotic treatment. The VA examination also showed that the veteran had no speech impairment, which is a requirement for a compensable evaluation under Diagnostic Code 6516.
- Claimed conditions
- Ethmoid and Maxillary Sinusitis with History of Nasal Polyps and Polypectomy, Turbinectomy and Antrostomy, Residuals of Tonsillectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2007
- Citation
- 0712242
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